characterize

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪz/
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• General-American: /ˈkɛɹəktəɹaɪz/
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• General-American: /ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪz/
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• CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R AH0 K T ER0 AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)der. Medieval Latin charactērizōder. English characterize From Medieval Latin charactērizō, from Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”). By surface analysis, character + -ize.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: բնորոշել (bnorošel) — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Asturian: carauterizar — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Belarusian: характарызава́ць (xaraktaryzavácʹ) — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Belarusian: ахарактарызава́ць (axaraktaryzavácʹ) — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Bulgarian: характеризирам (harakteriziram) — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Catalan: caracteritzar — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Chinese Mandarin: 塑造 (sùzào) — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Dutch: karakteriseren — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Estonian: iseloomustama — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Finnish: luonnehtia — to depict someone or something a particular way
• French: caractériser — to depict someone or something a particular way
• French: dépeindre — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Galician: caracterizar — to depict someone or something a particular way
• German: charakterisieren — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Irish: tréithrigh — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Polish: charakteryzować — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Polish: barwić — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Portuguese: caracterizar — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Portuguese: caraterizar — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Romanian: caracteriza — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Russian: характеризова́ть (xarakterizovátʹ) — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Russian: охарактеризова́ть (oxarakterizovátʹ) — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Scottish Gaelic: comharraich — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Spanish: caracterizar — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Turkish: karakterize etmek — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Ukrainian: характеризува́ти (xarakteryzuváty) — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Ukrainian: схарактеризува́ти (sxarakteryzuváty) — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Ukrainian: охарактеризува́ти (oxarakteryzuváty) — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Welsh: nodweddu — to depict someone or something a particular way
• Dutch: karakteriseren — to be typical of
• Estonian: iseloomustama — to be typical of
• French: caractériser — to be typical of
• French: définir — to be typical of
• German: bezeichnen — to be typical of
• German: ausmachen — to be typical of
• Greek: χαρακτηρίζω (charaktirízo) — to be typical of
• Romanian: caracteriza — to be typical of
• Romanian: defini — to be typical of
• Armenian: բնորոշել (bnorošel) — to determine the characteristics of
• Bulgarian: характеризирам (harakteriziram) — to determine the characteristics of
• Catalan: caracteritzar — to determine the characteristics of
• Czech: charakterizovat — to determine the characteristics of
• Esperanto: karakterizi — to determine the characteristics of
• French: caractériser — to determine the characteristics of
• Galician: caracterizar — to determine the characteristics of
• German: charakterisieren — to determine the characteristics of
• Ido: distingar — to determine the characteristics of
• Irish: tréithrigh — to determine the characteristics of
• Italian: caratterizzare — to determine the characteristics of
• Portuguese: caracterizar — to determine the characteristics of
• Portuguese: caraterizar — to determine the characteristics of
• Romanian: caracteriza — to determine the characteristics of
• Scottish Gaelic: comharraich — to determine the characteristics of
• Spanish: caracterizar — to determine the characteristics of
• Swedish: karaktärisera — to determine the characteristics of
• Swedish: prägla — to determine the characteristics of
• Swedish: känneteckna — to determine the characteristics of
• Turkish: karakterize etmek — to determine the characteristics of
• Welsh: nodweddu — to determine the characteristics of